Sociologies of climate change are not enough. Putting the global biodiversity crisis on the sociological agenda
Lockie, Stewart (2023) Sociologies of climate change are not enough. Putting the global biodiversity crisis on the sociological agenda. Environmental Sociology, 9 (1). pp. 1-5.
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Abstract
[Extract] In December 2022, the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted what was described in the official press release as a ‘historic package of measures deemed critical to addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems’ (CBD Citation2022). These included protection of at least 30% of the world’s lands, inland waters, coastal areas, and oceans by 2030 (thereby endorsing the ‘global deal for nature’ or 30 × 30 initiative proposed by Dinerstein et al. Citation2019) along with restoration complete or under way on at least 30% of degraded terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and a suite of other goals and targets. I will outline these in a little more detail below. However, my aim in this essay is not to provide a comprehensive overview of the agreed Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework but to consider its implications for sociology and cognate social sciences – to ask how signing of this ‘landmark agreement’ might inform research agendas, and the practical contribution of sociology to more just and sustainable futures.
Item ID: | 78561 |
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Item Type: | Article (Editorial) |
ISSN: | 2325-1042 |
Copyright Information: | © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2024 07:38 |
FoR Codes: | 44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4410 Sociology > 441002 Environmental sociology @ 100% |
SEO Codes: | 13 CULTURE AND SOCIETY > 1399 Other culture and society > 139999 Other culture and society not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
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